Acts 8:5
Philip went down to a city of Samaria and began proclaiming to them the Christ.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
In Context
4Now those who had been scattered went around preaching the message of good news.
Cross References
Matthew 10:5These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, “Do not go anywhere among the Gentiles, and do not enter any town of the Samaritans,
Acts 1:8but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Acts 6:5This proposal pleased the whole multitude, so they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, together with Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, an Antiochean convert to Judaism.
Acts 8:14When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent them Peter and John.
Acts 8:40Philip, however, found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through that region, he preached the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
Acts 17:2As was his custom, Paul went in to them, and for three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
Matthew Henry on Acts 8:5-14
The Spreading of the Gospel; Philip's Success. 4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word. 5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. 6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. 7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed. 8 And there was great joy in… Read the whole commentary →